Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
32 pending office actions • 10 art units • 29 examiners • 0 of 32 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 32 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 32 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 2 (6%) |
| §103 only | 25 (78%) |
| §102 only | 1 (3%) |
| §112 only | 4 (12%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 3 | 67.1% | +23.2% |
| RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 2 | 73.3% | +41.3% |
| KISH, JAMES M | 1 | 62.5% | +12.0% |
| SOREY, ROBERT A | 1 | 48.8% | +45.7% |
| NICHOLS, CHARLES W | 1 | 55.9% | +54.7% |
| OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES | 1 | 78.5% | +11.3% |
| GRAY, PHILLIP A | 1 | 74.0% | +10.6% |
| LETTMAN, BRYAN MATTHEW | 1 | 64.6% | +52.3% |
| PONTON, JAMES D | 1 | 79.9% | +33.6% |
| PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP | 1 | 58.1% | +27.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17520968 | MEDICAL SETTINGS PRESET SELECTION | EDOUARD, PATRICIA KELLY | 2d overdue |
| 18409420 | Method and System For Evaluating Performance of Phacoemulsification Systems | SOREY, ROBERT A | 20d |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18089412 | IRRIGATION DAMPING IN PHACOEMULSIFICATION | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 107d overdue |
| 18144799 | PRESSURE REGULATOR FOR OCULAR SURGERY | PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP | 96d overdue |
| 17691321 | AUTOMATIC REAL-TIME CONTROL OF ACTIVATION OF PHACOEMULSIFICATION | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 35d overdue |
| 17124454 | CASSETTE DESIGN AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 30d overdue |
| 18324916 | FORKED PHACOEMULSIFICATION NEEDLE | GRAY, PHILLIP A | 26d overdue |
| 18197412 | PHACOEMULSIFICATION VACUUM SURGE DETECTION WITH CORRELATED VACUUM AND PRESSURE READINGS | PONTON, JAMES D | 23d overdue |
| 17124441 | IRRIGATION/ASPIRATION PUMP HEAD AND BLADDER DESIGN AND METHODS | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 22d overdue |
| 17124431 | ROTARY VALVE CONFIGURATION FOR A SURGICAL CASSETTE | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 16d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 16 |
| 3771 | 7 |
| 3781 | 2 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| 3682 | 1 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| 2116 | 1 |
| 3772 | 1 |
| 3627 | 1 |
| 3681 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18679349 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVAL OF CORNEAL SPECULAR REFLECTIONS IN EYE IMAGING | KISH, JAMES M | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18409420 | Method and System For Evaluating Performance of Phacoemulsification Systems | SOREY, ROBERT A | 3682 | §101 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18383665 | PHACOEMULSIFICATION HANDPIECE WITH INTEGRATED ANTI-VACUUM SURGE MODULE | NICHOLS, CHARLES W | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 |
| 18203673 | PHACOEMULSIFICATION SYSTEM | OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 18324916 | FORKED PHACOEMULSIFICATION NEEDLE | GRAY, PHILLIP A | 3783 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 26d overdue | Pending | May 26, 2023 |
| 18319019 | PHACOEMULSIFICATION AND I/A SLEEVES | LETTMAN, BRYAN MATTHEW | 3746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | May 17, 2023 |
| 18197412 | PHACOEMULSIFICATION VACUUM SURGE DETECTION WITH CORRELATED VACUUM AND PRESSURE READINGS | PONTON, JAMES D | 3783 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | May 15, 2023 |
| 18144799 | PRESSURE REGULATOR FOR OCULAR SURGERY | PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP | 3783 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 96d overdue | Pending | May 08, 2023 |
| 18136532 | CONTROL OF IRRIGATION IN A PHACOEMULSIFICATION SYSTEM | LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
| 18118326 | DRIVING A PHACOEMULSIFIER ACTUATOR | ERDMAN, CHAD G | 2116 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Mar 07, 2023 |
| 18116211 | ANTI-VACUUM SURGE MODULE WITH POWER AND DATA TRANSMISSION COILS | MCGRATH, ERIN E | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Mar 01, 2023 |
| 18089412 | IRRIGATION DAMPING IN PHACOEMULSIFICATION | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 107d overdue | Pending | Dec 27, 2022 |
| 18089389 | Anti-Twist Phacoemulsification Tip | DANIEL, ANTARIUS S | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 66d overdue | Pending | Dec 27, 2022 |
| 18089399 | PRESSURE SENSING ARRAY IN PHACOEMULSIFICATION HANDPIECE | BOSQUES, EDELMIRA | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Dec 27, 2022 |
| 17965555 | SMART INVENTORY MANAGEMENT CABINET | ORTIZ ROMAN, DENISSE Y | 3627 | §103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Oct 13, 2022 |
| 17729343 | ELECTRONICALLY DETECTING PHACOEMULSIFICATION TIP ENGAGEMENT WITH A LENS | JAFFRI, ZEHRA | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 111d overdue | Pending | Apr 26, 2022 |
| 17691321 | AUTOMATIC REAL-TIME CONTROL OF ACTIVATION OF PHACOEMULSIFICATION | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 35d overdue | Pending | Mar 10, 2022 |
| 17670734 | TIP UNCLOGGING USING CONTROLLED ASPIRATION REFLUX | HOAG, MITCHELL BRAIN | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Feb 14, 2022 |
| 17670783 | CONTROLLING CONSTANT INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE USING ADAPTIVE FLOW RATES OF IRRIGATION AND ASPIRATION FLUIDS | GOLLAMUDI, NEERAJA | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 114d overdue | Pending | Feb 14, 2022 |
| 17520968 | MEDICAL SETTINGS PRESET SELECTION | EDOUARD, PATRICIA KELLY | 3681 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Nov 08, 2021 |
| 17510052 | CONTROLLING INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE DURING PHACOEMULSIFICATION PROCEDURES | IGBOKO, CHIMA U | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Oct 25, 2021 |
| 17449236 | ERGONOMIC PHACOEMULSIFICATION HANDPIECE WITH ROTATING NEEDLE | DUBOSE, LAUREN | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Sep 28, 2021 |
| 17446147 | System, Apparatus and Method for Maintaining Anterior Chamber Intraoperative Intraocular Pressure | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Aug 26, 2021 |
| 17381980 | PROXIMAL BYPASS CHANNEL | WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 73d overdue | Pending | Jul 21, 2021 |
| 17375614 | COUPLING A FLUID-DYNAMICS CARTRIDGE WITH A PHACOEMULSIFIER PROBE BODY | TRINH, HONG-VAN N | 3783 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 45d overdue | Pending | Jul 14, 2021 |
| 17355884 | COMPACT VALVE | KOO, BENJAMIN K | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Jun 23, 2021 |
| 17130846 | PROCESSOR-CONTROLLED PUMP IN IRRIGATION LINE OF PHACOEMULSIFICATION PROBE | VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 111d overdue | Pending | Dec 22, 2020 |
| 17124441 | IRRIGATION/ASPIRATION PUMP HEAD AND BLADDER DESIGN AND METHODS | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d overdue | Pending | Dec 16, 2020 |
| 17124369 | NON-CONTACTING, HIGH ACCURACY PRESSURE SENSING FOR MEDICAL CASSETTE ASSEMBLIES | SMALE, AVERY E | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Dec 16, 2020 |
| 17124454 | CASSETTE DESIGN AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Dec 16, 2020 |
| 17124431 | ROTARY VALVE CONFIGURATION FOR A SURGICAL CASSETTE | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 3783 | §112 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Dec 16, 2020 |
| 16856835 | MULTI-CHANNEL PIEZOELECTRIC RESONANT SYSTEM | STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 54d | Pending | Apr 23, 2020 |
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